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red states, romney. blue, obama. then the pinkish, those are lean romney states. light blue, lean obama. yellow states are tossup states within the margin of error. this is based on polls within the last 30 days. okay, karl. what has changed since last time we talked last week? >> well, we had 44 polls last week. 22 states. there were three changes in status. two benefiting president obama. new hampshire went from tossup to lean obama. new mexico went from lean obama to obama. one change in status benefiting romney. went from lean obama to tossup. romney gained in colorado, ohio, virginia, and wisconsin, all battleground states. but no change in the status in those. missouri and nevada became stronger for obama. no change in status for those. >> bret: of that, joe. what do you see as important? >> all the states move to romney even though they haven't changed status matter. but ohio is the real interesting thing, because when you look at it, both karl and i threw out a marist poll that happened some time ago with eight-point lead for obama. we threw that out. movi
red states, romney. blue, obama. then the pinkish, those are lean romney states. light blue, lean obama. yellow states are tossup states within the margin of error. this is based on polls within the last 30 days. okay, karl. what has changed since last time we talked last week? >> well, we had 44 polls last week. 22 states. there were three changes in status. two benefiting president obama. new hampshire went from tossup to lean obama. new mexico went from lean obama to obama. one change...
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: romney and romney saw what happened in south carolina and romney went to work. romney prepared for those debates. he went after newt gingrich in very aggressive way, in a way he knew he had to step up. >>> he took gingrich off his game. up to that point he had not gone negative. gingrich was singing kumbayah and it all caged. >> one thing, it was compressed schedule between new hampshire and south carolina. so the debates which were right at the bookend two of them, they had much greater impact on much smaller state. had you two debates in smaller period of time. >> i don't think it had the kind of potential to be a game changer in florida which is really five states when you think about it. >> sean: here is what happened, we keep hearing the romney campaign spent a lot in debate prep. they hired a debate coach. newt gingrich i think he did the interview to michael barone he said his prep for debate show up he has a great debate. >>. >> sean: i want somebody to clobber obama in the debate. >> at the end of the day. that would be great. but you want someone who c
: romney and romney saw what happened in south carolina and romney went to work. romney prepared for those debates. he went after newt gingrich in very aggressive way, in a way he knew he had to step up. >>> he took gingrich off his game. up to that point he had not gone negative. gingrich was singing kumbayah and it all caged. >> one thing, it was compressed schedule between new hampshire and south carolina. so the debates which were right at the bookend two of them, they had...
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he had been down by double digits but the romney campaign points out romney has now won five states in a row and has the benefit of momentum. a victory in ohio in the popular vote and delegate count for romney would be significant. it's not his native state like it was in michigan and it is an important rust belt state adjacent to pennsylvania where rick santorum runs strong. it has a lot of meaning for both of these candidates. >> shepard: speaking of a lot of meaning the state of tennessee tonight may tell a story as well, carl. >> well, it's a southern battleground and tennessee is going to be one of the closer ones. this is another state where rick santorum has been running strong. he had a lead for quite some time. santorum is expected to do very well in oklahoma tonight. but, in tennessee over the course of the last 10 days or so, newt gingrich campaigned pretty aggressively pointing out he is he a southerner from nearby georgia and ought to be able to connect well with voters in the volunteer state. romney came in talking about the fact that he was riding a national momentum wav
he had been down by double digits but the romney campaign points out romney has now won five states in a row and has the benefit of momentum. a victory in ohio in the popular vote and delegate count for romney would be significant. it's not his native state like it was in michigan and it is an important rust belt state adjacent to pennsylvania where rick santorum runs strong. it has a lot of meaning for both of these candidates. >> shepard: speaking of a lot of meaning the state of...
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governor romney is 3-0. and this will be coming throwing bad money after g it's hard to imagine anyone think there's is a solid shot at coming back if they're losing after south carolina. >> so what happens to the tea party? and we're not talking about that much. >> and i've been wondering in iowa where is the anger? so much in all of my time at the white house convinced there is a immense sense of anger out in the country. i have kind of seen it. unemployment is not as high in iowa and new hampshire. that might be where anger is. >> you have a huge spin to see everything and haven't been home since when? >> christmas eve. people don't realize they hit and you're not going to tell us anyway in this time of the year. and anyway, well, on to south carolina and florida. nice to see you. >> greta: coming up parties for candidates supporters still going on here in new hampshire tonight. but for candidates it's on to south carolina. which republican candidate offers the challenge for the president? in the general
governor romney is 3-0. and this will be coming throwing bad money after g it's hard to imagine anyone think there's is a solid shot at coming back if they're losing after south carolina. >> so what happens to the tea party? and we're not talking about that much. >> and i've been wondering in iowa where is the anger? so much in all of my time at the white house convinced there is a immense sense of anger out in the country. i have kind of seen it. unemployment is not as high in iowa...
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the romney campaign says he was a clear winner on substance. >> mitt romney may have scored some style point during this theatrical debate performance but he failed on the facts and his credibility didn't pass the bar the american people are looking for. as we shuffled through the debate transcript and look at what he had to say, i think what the american people are left with are doubling down on fast-rising medicare, his magic math using a magic calculator to pay for his tax plan. he says he will fight for education but he wants to cut the education budget by 20%. that doesn't sit well for people making decisions across the country. you called it theatrical and magic math. david axlerod conceded for governor romney this was a strong performance. do you concede the same? >> i concede after practicing more than any candidate in modern presidential history he delivered on his attack lines. bill: so it was just practice brought a winner for governor romney? >> i think practicing obviously paid off for him. but at the end of the day people are looking closely at his policies and he doubled
the romney campaign says he was a clear winner on substance. >> mitt romney may have scored some style point during this theatrical debate performance but he failed on the facts and his credibility didn't pass the bar the american people are looking for. as we shuffled through the debate transcript and look at what he had to say, i think what the american people are left with are doubling down on fast-rising medicare, his magic math using a magic calculator to pay for his tax plan. he...
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did not expect romney to hold that heat and romney was able to out obama, obama. >> mitt romney wins preparation and style. >>neil: something here is going on the last 24 hours because don't look now, but this just in: do not resuscitate. the patient is fine. suddenly, out of nowhere, the mormon is stormin'. >> welcome, everyone, i ambassador neil cavuto and this is what a roaring romney sounded like. >> trickle down government is where the president will raise taxes on small business which kills jobs. i want to keep taxes down on small business so we can create jobs. this is about good jobs for the american people. >>neil: he swings, slams, scores, way too early to say if the swing states swinging back to the challenger but after last night, the critics say they probably stopped swinging away. larry said the race ain't over but he also is saying for the challenger it is an uphill fight. what do you make of last night and how this changes the dynamics? >> everyone, obviously, just about everyone, from right to left, says that romney won the debate. i gave you a full "a" and i give th
did not expect romney to hold that heat and romney was able to out obama, obama. >> mitt romney wins preparation and style. >>neil: something here is going on the last 24 hours because don't look now, but this just in: do not resuscitate. the patient is fine. suddenly, out of nowhere, the mormon is stormin'. >> welcome, everyone, i ambassador neil cavuto and this is what a roaring romney sounded like. >> trickle down government is where the president will raise taxes on...
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and 20 seconds here, the romney campaign you can't see mitt romney tonight. why is that? >> about a week and a half ago they looked at polls and way things were going and thought there was a chance that romney could pull off perhaps a first-place showing but they knew he's going get a third of the delegates. so by not scheduling an election night, they're not in a position to have reporters like me, standing in front of a case saying bad night for mitt romney. and still not a good night for him. >> all right. carl, thank you. and the back to the panel. steve, interesting that dynamic, what do you think of the interview with newt gingrich? >> it was fascinating. half candidate, half analyst describing where he wanted to be and how he saw his campaign for the presidency. it's clear he wants to deny mitt romney 1144 that. is his goal. and he said thachl i'm a lot paraphrasing what he told you. it's interesting. he made several arguments on behalf of that strategy. he said having two conservatives in the race couldn't focus his money on one of the two candidates he's talking
and 20 seconds here, the romney campaign you can't see mitt romney tonight. why is that? >> about a week and a half ago they looked at polls and way things were going and thought there was a chance that romney could pull off perhaps a first-place showing but they knew he's going get a third of the delegates. so by not scheduling an election night, they're not in a position to have reporters like me, standing in front of a case saying bad night for mitt romney. and still not a good night...
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romney first called. first hurdle you have to get over sean has to like you. in the second round. >> and that happens right away. after that question. >> no. i think people are interested in this. generally look everybody who is vetted submitted massive amounts of information and went through follow-up questions and interviews and a rigorous process and it is very well done and professional and my cap is off to them for running a great process. i know a lot of the others considered were called late last night and told it was not going to be them. is that the same for you? well, you know, i served as national co-chair of the mitt romney campaign . he called me. i think it was monday and indicated the direction he was head i certainlyy appreciate that and there was an indication about the process and not about his thinking and decision . he call would me monday evening. >> that is disappointing. i interviewed you twice last week and i tried to pull teeth and you didn't give in at all. >> you have to go back
romney first called. first hurdle you have to get over sean has to like you. in the second round. >> and that happens right away. after that question. >> no. i think people are interested in this. generally look everybody who is vetted submitted massive amounts of information and went through follow-up questions and interviews and a rigorous process and it is very well done and professional and my cap is off to them for running a great process. i know a lot of the others considered...
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instead it's mitt romney's problem. >> reporter: just before romney faced the press to take questions reporters could be heard conferring with each other. >> i would say regret to your question, i mean your statement not even the tone. >> media watchers including john stossel conversations like that one are note necessarily rare. >> they have a limited time with the president or candidate and they want to get an answer to that question so they do a little coordination. >> reporter: in the end rather than being pressed for details. he elected not to cancel a fund-raiser in las vegas, the president in a sit down interview was given a chance to criticize romney. >> it couldn't play better for the president. he is the president. he is the one whose policies that are under question right now. much of the heat is being taken off of him. >> some of the questions that romney took from reporters were about his statement rather than the events in libya and egypt. after the president gave his statement, he took no questions. >> jon: shannon raises a number of questions about the events of the we
instead it's mitt romney's problem. >> reporter: just before romney faced the press to take questions reporters could be heard conferring with each other. >> i would say regret to your question, i mean your statement not even the tone. >> media watchers including john stossel conversations like that one are note necessarily rare. >> they have a limited time with the president or candidate and they want to get an answer to that question so they do a little coordination....
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what mitt romney needs to do what mitt romney needs to do monday night to convince remember when you said men are superior drivers? yeah. yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate safe driving bonus check? what is that? so weird, right? my agent, tom, said... [ voice of dennis ] ...only allstate sends you a bonus check for every six months you're accident-free... ...but i'm a woman. maybe it's a misprint. does it look like a misprint? ok. what i was trying... [ voice of dennis ] silence. ♪ ask an allstate agent about the safe driving bonus check. are you in good hands? say we have. i said we'd transition out of afghanistan and start making sure that afghanistan is responsible for its own security. that's what i'm doing. >> iran is closer to a nuclear bomb. syria is not just the tragedy of civilians being killed by a military, but also a strategically player for america. the president's policies throughout the middle east began an apology tour, and the strategy is unraveling before our very eyes. >> barack obama and president obama trading shots over the preside
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rick santorum did call mitt romney. romney took the call. it's been described by santorum's eldest daughterrer as a cordial conversation but brief. it happens minutes before he took to the stage to make his remarks. he made it clear that although it didn't go his way, he's not backing down and super tuesday is an opportunity for him to rise again. mitt romney didn't mention any of thinks republican rivals tonight. there are only a few plays in the romney playbook, and he has been disciplined in sticking with them. tonight was a victory and he talk about barack obama, not about his republican rivals. that's likely to continue but in ohio and the states where it's close and romney has to do well next week, don't expect any let-up. mitt romney has made it clear he knows how to throw a punch and he knows how to take a punch. there will be plenty of those exchanged between mitt romney and rick santorum in the days ahead. >> thank you. >> bill is at the touch screen tonight. bill, mitt romney did win a greater share of the vote in michigan. some i
rick santorum did call mitt romney. romney took the call. it's been described by santorum's eldest daughterrer as a cordial conversation but brief. it happens minutes before he took to the stage to make his remarks. he made it clear that although it didn't go his way, he's not backing down and super tuesday is an opportunity for him to rise again. mitt romney didn't mention any of thinks republican rivals tonight. there are only a few plays in the romney playbook, and he has been disciplined in...
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i think mitt romney will win florida. if the governor wins ohio as well, he will be the next president of the united states. but that's a big if. president obama seems to have blunted romney's momentum over the weekend. talking points predicted that would happen last week. because of hurricane sandy, and because the national media simply refuses to cover the libyan situation. so while romney had momentum one week ago, the storm stalled it. and that's where we are tonight. both candidates slugging it out, momentum for both somewhat subdued. in just about four hours the good folks in dixville, noch, new hampshire will cast the first ballots. i love the notch. nature at its best up there romney will most likely carry the notch. but new hampshire seems to be leaning obama. if president obama loses the election, it will be because he could not convince americans that his big government philosophy would improve the economy. even though mr. obama had trouble in other areas like libya, it is the economy that has made this electio
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not a home state for mitt romney. so tonight's victory gives him an opportunity to say that he can connect with blue-collar voters. ats one point, the romney campaign was pointing out with voters who made under $50,000, romney was exceedingly expect eggs and was leading santorum at one point with that block of ohio voters. romney has a big head of steam now, winning half of tonight's contests in the wake of five consecutive wins in the last five contests. romney has big momentum. so now, the battle moves on. when it does, it goes into southern states where romney is not said to be strong, alabama, mississippi and kansas, followed by alabama and mississippi on tuesday. there, watch for romney to thoroughly encourage a blood bath between santorrum and gingrich there. will be increased pressure by newt gingrich to get out of the race. the romney campaign loves the idea that gingrich and santorum continue to split the conservative part of the party and romney could over-achieve in the southern states, where gingrich expec
not a home state for mitt romney. so tonight's victory gives him an opportunity to say that he can connect with blue-collar voters. ats one point, the romney campaign was pointing out with voters who made under $50,000, romney was exceedingly expect eggs and was leading santorum at one point with that block of ohio voters. romney has a big head of steam now, winning half of tonight's contests in the wake of five consecutive wins in the last five contests. romney has big momentum. so now, the...
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health care, where did romney score on that issue? >> well, i think he did two things very effectively. one was, remember when he first started running for president against, in the primary when john mccain was the candidate? he tended to like to talk about data, and we even joked how he was so focused on data. >> paul: right. >> this time around, mitt romney came out and talked about people he had met, a woman with a baby in her arms who told him how difficult it was, a couple that was not able to afford their health care. and you know, he, i think, made the points that he needed to make about the data, but he humanized them and i think that was a great achievement of his on debate. >> paul: health care distraction from job creation, you inherit a recession, a financial crisis, and instead of focusing on that, romney is saying, you spent two years trying to pass one of your big priorities in social legislation and that's hurt job creation, a powerful point. >> yeah, it's a good point, but i think the health care issue is not going to
health care, where did romney score on that issue? >> well, i think he did two things very effectively. one was, remember when he first started running for president against, in the primary when john mccain was the candidate? he tended to like to talk about data, and we even joked how he was so focused on data. >> paul: right. >> this time around, mitt romney came out and talked about people he had met, a woman with a baby in her arms who told him how difficult it was, a...
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all of them benefiting romney. montana went from lean romney to strong romney. new hampshire and nevada moved from lean obama to tossup. critical battleground state of ohio, along with wisconsin go from lean obama to tossup. connecticut goes from obama to lean obama. significantly, north carolina goes from tossup to lean romney. so at the end of this, we're left with romney with 159 solid electoral votes to 194 for obama. each one was between 47 lean votes and romney's case 43. obama. 237 to 206 with 95 electoral votes up for grabs. >> bob: well, that is good math. who says debates don't matter? i said debates don't matter. i'm beginning to re-calibrate. i said they mattered in 1960 and 1980. this first debate may well have structurally changed the race. so i tend to agree with that. there are three states we ought to pay attention to today. try to go through the lean states, the tossup states. one of them is florida. the other is virginia. the third one is ohio. romney needs to win all three of those states. but he can get away with winning two of three states.
all of them benefiting romney. montana went from lean romney to strong romney. new hampshire and nevada moved from lean obama to tossup. critical battleground state of ohio, along with wisconsin go from lean obama to tossup. connecticut goes from obama to lean obama. significantly, north carolina goes from tossup to lean romney. so at the end of this, we're left with romney with 159 solid electoral votes to 194 for obama. each one was between 47 lean votes and romney's case 43. obama. 237 to...
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romney and mr. ryan will become officially the republic ticket it in just a little bit under a couple hours. this has been a long long process for mitt romney. he started with, at one point, at many as a dozen names being threated around the country. the mentionables. brought it down to a list of three or four in the last several days there was a real emphasis that maybe it was rob portman and maybe tim pawlenty and a buzz began at the beginning of last week that paul ryan height be the pick. in norfolk, virginia but the uss wisconsin obviously kind of hard to overlook as an irony or intentional coincidence for the ticket. insofar as mr. ryan is the congressman from wisconsin and as we have been talking about. the house budget committee chairman with the ryan budget in his portfolio which now becomes a big part of the romney agenda. he was early supporter of the ryan budget when the likes of newt gingrich and other republicans criticized. gingrich called it right wing social engineering and got roun
romney and mr. ryan will become officially the republic ticket it in just a little bit under a couple hours. this has been a long long process for mitt romney. he started with, at one point, at many as a dozen names being threated around the country. the mentionables. brought it down to a list of three or four in the last several days there was a real emphasis that maybe it was rob portman and maybe tim pawlenty and a buzz began at the beginning of last week that paul ryan height be the pick....
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in the vital state of ohio mitt romney has surged 49% to mr. romney's 50. a virtual dead heat there as well. a few days ago had the president up big in ohio. in crucial virginia romney leads 49, 48, another tie in the margin of error. with the country still talking about mitt romney's victory the democratic party has decided to go into full attack mode. the strategy seems to be very simple. call mitt romney a liar. >> plenty of people have pointed out what a liar mitt romney is and was last night. i mean if he was talking -- if he was speaking last night, he was lying. >> look, mitt romney had a good night but, you know, even, you know, a blind squirrel gets a nut every now and then. one good night is not going to erase a year of mitt romney's extreme positions. >> bill: that was pretty vicious, was it not? does the dnc really believe that kind of rhetoric will help the president? does it believe independent voters respond positively to that? i don't think they will. in the realm of politics often misleading statements. "time" magazine story this week runs
in the vital state of ohio mitt romney has surged 49% to mr. romney's 50. a virtual dead heat there as well. a few days ago had the president up big in ohio. in crucial virginia romney leads 49, 48, another tie in the margin of error. with the country still talking about mitt romney's victory the democratic party has decided to go into full attack mode. the strategy seems to be very simple. call mitt romney a liar. >> plenty of people have pointed out what a liar mitt romney is and was...
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so romney rind has a small difference. romney is the candidate. ryan runs on the romney plan. period. what happened today, the romney campaign raised for the first time the following deep fact. obama care passed. a big thingsthat happened. obamacare. it is unpopular. it will flip the debate and the republicans can say we're defending medicare against raid on medicare. we have want to reform medicare down the road to make it solvent. above all, save you from obamacare. a big day to take advantage of how to take advantage and go on offensive with healthcare. >> to charles' point, questions in differentiating between paul ryan a house budget and romney and his plan, is the challenge for paul ryan. here are clips from that. >> i joined the romney ticket. he's from posing to repeal obamacare. it voted in congress to repeal all of obamacare, including this $716 billion to pay for obamacare. be clear. i'm on the romney ticket. what romney is proposing is to repeal all of obamacare. budget plan that obama is supporting gets us down to 20% of gdp government spending by 2016. gets the s
so romney rind has a small difference. romney is the candidate. ryan runs on the romney plan. period. what happened today, the romney campaign raised for the first time the following deep fact. obama care passed. a big thingsthat happened. obamacare. it is unpopular. it will flip the debate and the republicans can say we're defending medicare against raid on medicare. we have want to reform medicare down the road to make it solvent. above all, save you from obamacare. a big day to take...
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romney and there is franklin county romney winning there, again. and we pointed out romney's strategy rivals these numbers where there are big cities. and you did that. and dayton ohio as well, as a matter of fact in montgomery county leading romney to 12,000 votes and there is 96%. >> and coming back to ohio. >> and where is that map? >> where is sne. >> down at the reach. >> and north carolina. >> she's up right now. and there is fox news contributor who had his own prediction about ohio an hour, hour and a half ago. looks like it's turning out to be true. what are your thoughts? >> two things i thought watching from space -- washington state a surprise victory for romney should have been a precurseor for what happened today. instead, reverse happened. and today, there is rom fee saved by last minute voting on election day this, time went for santorum and happened by the way not the only place it happened in tennessee santorum, romney is gained 5% in the voting today, opening up a margin owe almost double digit. it seems every week someone is goi
romney and there is franklin county romney winning there, again. and we pointed out romney's strategy rivals these numbers where there are big cities. and you did that. and dayton ohio as well, as a matter of fact in montgomery county leading romney to 12,000 votes and there is 96%. >> and coming back to ohio. >> and where is that map? >> where is sne. >> down at the reach. >> and north carolina. >> she's up right now. and there is fox news contributor who...
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and romney better know it. but the point i'm making before break sthai did a she today with bob beckel. the host of "the five" one of the great democrat strategists and he said to me you could never put this guy on. he said we'll kill him. he said well, you know you never know. so we have to understand that. think he's skmart can fill a lot of voids in this are many knee environment. you have to understand they're going come back at us. have to be prepared for that. >> "wall street journal" thinks ryan is the choice. >> and you know they have promoted him and admire him as weekly standard and other elements of our party. that is important. he's one of the big thinkers of our party. what he did when laying out the budget the obama budget has been dead on arrival budget has been passed by the congress and will be a great enthusiasm. that is the base if romney gets elected it's going to have to be with republican support in the house and no one better than ryan to do that element. and there is a campaign trail wil
and romney better know it. but the point i'm making before break sthai did a she today with bob beckel. the host of "the five" one of the great democrat strategists and he said to me you could never put this guy on. he said we'll kill him. he said well, you know you never know. so we have to understand that. think he's skmart can fill a lot of voids in this are many knee environment. you have to understand they're going come back at us. have to be prepared for that. >>...
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it is mitt romney. this is a big disappointment for mitt romney and cost him momentum and support in florida in the seem. >> is there any reason to believe that mitt romney can turn it around? is there any reason to believe he will improve? >> remember meyan he did well. and rick perry was a threat and zoomed to the top of the polls, we saw mitt romney much better and sharper in the debates and he should be able to do it or needs to. >> i think when it comes to the debates what we have seen from mitt romney is like a dean smith. four corners stall. i have a big lead and sit on it. it was a wrong strategy against newt gingrich. i am taken by the exit polls that indicate and known it from the larger results in iowa and new hampshire. even though mitt romney is doing well. most republicans and people who are conservatives, don't vote for romney. in fact when you look at the numbers, look at newt gingrich supporters, it is two-thirds of them have reservations about supporting mitt romney or would not suppor
it is mitt romney. this is a big disappointment for mitt romney and cost him momentum and support in florida in the seem. >> is there any reason to believe that mitt romney can turn it around? is there any reason to believe he will improve? >> remember meyan he did well. and rick perry was a threat and zoomed to the top of the polls, we saw mitt romney much better and sharper in the debates and he should be able to do it or needs to. >> i think when it comes to the debates...
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whereas romney was. romney really believes. >> he was having fun. >> bill: here, the difference, romney believed everything he said. can you call romney a liar and say this and say that. >> it wasn't just that. he believed but bill. >> bill: the president is like ah, you know. >> yeah, bill, of the president has to defend four years, it's very difficult to defend. he really can't. >> bill: i created this and i did that. >> he created a big mess. i'm sorry but barack obama is smart enough to know that when the real unemployment is 11.7%. that's kind of hard to defend. and when you don't have a teleprompter and you don't have a press giving you the circling the wagons treatment and up against a guy who actually did exist in the business world and thrive in that world, it's like the emperor has no clothes. and last night i believe the emperor has no clothes. >> bill: i don't believe barack obama san empty suit. >> i'm talking about last night. >> bill: it wasn't just last night. the tel her. mundo interview
whereas romney was. romney really believes. >> he was having fun. >> bill: here, the difference, romney believed everything he said. can you call romney a liar and say this and say that. >> it wasn't just that. he believed but bill. >> bill: the president is like ah, you know. >> yeah, bill, of the president has to defend four years, it's very difficult to defend. he really can't. >> bill: i created this and i did that. >> he created a big mess. i'm...
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they like mitt romney and think that mitt romney is the guy who can beat president obama. two you said it's about personality. absolutely. think that newt comes across for many women as a bit bombastic whereas romney comes back more as a gentleman. i hate to say it bill and feminists are going to get mad at me. romney is better women. santorum does better with the women. it shouldn't, it shouldn't but it does. >> bill: santorum is a good looking guide. >> all the candidates like you said not much difference. newt did not do well with women before this. >> bill: i think it's more the bombastic stuff than the looks stuff. because janine, i think there are some women who they don't like loud guys and brash guys, and, you know, con problem stational guys. now, of course. i'm not like that i know some who are gingrich is really in your face. >> he is in your face. he has a lot of solutions that require the work of all americans. you know, he doesn't really present an easy fix. he presents a deep -- he a deep thinker a lot of plans require all of us in america to step forward. w
they like mitt romney and think that mitt romney is the guy who can beat president obama. two you said it's about personality. absolutely. think that newt comes across for many women as a bit bombastic whereas romney comes back more as a gentleman. i hate to say it bill and feminists are going to get mad at me. romney is better women. santorum does better with the women. it shouldn't, it shouldn't but it does. >> bill: santorum is a good looking guide. >> all the candidates like you...
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going in romney had 87. tonight depending how the results shaped up proportionally it will be less than 10 percent the delegates decided. >> less than 20 percent by the end of this month. it is a longer battle. the expectations momentum contest has begun. we people have gone through the contest voters are making up their minds. romney one late breakers they decided he is a winner. he looks like a winner to that. this goes through february when the contest comes in the weeks to come. he makes up his mind in the last minute. other important findings were that true conservatives only 5 percent of them thought that he was a true conservative. true conservatives group with him. he is 21 percent gingrich 24. that says a lot about what they are looking for in a candidate. >> they are getting ready for governor romney to speak at some point this hour. we will bring it to you live. nevada, it is a state that seems to line up not only for ron paul there is a big libertarian streak there the tea party was active in 201
going in romney had 87. tonight depending how the results shaped up proportionally it will be less than 10 percent the delegates decided. >> less than 20 percent by the end of this month. it is a longer battle. the expectations momentum contest has begun. we people have gone through the contest voters are making up their minds. romney one late breakers they decided he is a winner. he looks like a winner to that. this goes through february when the contest comes in the weeks to come. he...
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will the gingrich tax on romney have an effect? romney has had a charmed life here. romney has a little bit of incidental fire, but not much compared to gingrich or some of the others. what happens on the debate saturday night? does romney pull out more endorsems? apparently senator mccain will endorse him and stomp on whatever rick santorum gets. but the story of the week is, what -- can rick santorum make the most of this moment in a way that perry, bachmann and gingrich couldn't make the most of their moments over the last few months. >> stand by, we are checking in with carl cam -- carl cameron. any reaction to the late-breaking news? >> reporter: not exactly. they have been striking the room for the better part of the last hour. it's over. we learned that the polling in iowa was fairly accurate. [no audio]. >> sorry, carl. >> reporter: sorry, i have a lot of noise in my ear. and i can't hear you. >> the polling in iowa was fairly accurate. what is the romney game plan? i don't think he expected to be a run-away winner in the state of iowa. he has a lot of eggs i
will the gingrich tax on romney have an effect? romney has had a charmed life here. romney has a little bit of incidental fire, but not much compared to gingrich or some of the others. what happens on the debate saturday night? does romney pull out more endorsems? apparently senator mccain will endorse him and stomp on whatever rick santorum gets. but the story of the week is, what -- can rick santorum make the most of this moment in a way that perry, bachmann and gingrich couldn't make the...
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my best guess would be mitt romney mitt romney. because i think he's a little -- being more moderate and newt has been running the ad saying he's anti-immigrant, which rubio has criticized and when you get criticized by marco rubio that is not a good place to be. as a republican. >> jeanine: and lenny, governor fortune know from puerto rico endorsed mitt romney. does it help in your state? >> i certainly think it helps when you get an endorsement like that. i can't pick a candidate because it will be my job to... who emerges victorious, to rally the troops behind the individual and the hispanic vote in florida will go to the faith who can best connect as individuals and talk about how to create policies, to create better lies an opportunities for families in the next generation and everything, whether social security, medicare, immigration reform, everything ties back to the free enterprise system. >> jeanine: ed, kirsten and lenny, thanks for being with us this evening. and, a judge rules a woman, born in the u.s., cannot run for
my best guess would be mitt romney mitt romney. because i think he's a little -- being more moderate and newt has been running the ad saying he's anti-immigrant, which rubio has criticized and when you get criticized by marco rubio that is not a good place to be. as a republican. >> jeanine: and lenny, governor fortune know from puerto rico endorsed mitt romney. does it help in your state? >> i certainly think it helps when you get an endorsement like that. i can't pick a candidate...
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romney? we've been aggressive trying to get the facts at fox news and the administration isn't happy with us about it. but gov. romney, he has not been -- he has not put that as an issue on foreign policy. >> governor romney's job for the last six weeks has been to do exactly what ronald reagan did against jimmy carter. to reassure moderates and women that he is a reasonable person, a positive person and somebody they can trust with the presidency. every time he picks a fight he loses. all of us love it, but he loses ground with the group he needs to finish the election off. i think they have done a very discipline, a very solid job of communicating what they need to communicate. meanwhile, people like john mccain have been very tough and very direct. lindsay graham has done a good job. darrell issa. none of us have tried to raise the issues in a very aggressive way. >> are you raising it for -- i mean, are you raising it for political reason to defeat president obama or are you raising it be
romney? we've been aggressive trying to get the facts at fox news and the administration isn't happy with us about it. but gov. romney, he has not been -- he has not put that as an issue on foreign policy. >> governor romney's job for the last six weeks has been to do exactly what ronald reagan did against jimmy carter. to reassure moderates and women that he is a reasonable person, a positive person and somebody they can trust with the presidency. every time he picks a fight he loses....
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the latest poll has romney at 43 points. that's followed by ron paul, at 14%, then have you gingrich at 9 and huntsman at 7. expectations were low in iowa for romney and he won, narrowly, and there are high expectations here and a loss could be very damaging. and second, rick santorum, everyone's watching. can he mount a grassroots campaign and come back? i would suggest to remember that image of john mccain, carrying his own luggage, he finished, of course, fourth here and came here and won last cycle. finally, the undecideds. we talked a lot about the undecideds. nearly half of the republican caucus goers were undecided. just 16% in the granite state. they pride themselves as vetting the candidates. you don't have it the evangelical christian element and you have a lot of policy wogs here and they will get right up and personal and grill the candidates. it's a much smaller population of undecideds. >> greta: grif, thank you. rush limbaugh says the unsettled race is good news for the republicans. what does he mean by that?
the latest poll has romney at 43 points. that's followed by ron paul, at 14%, then have you gingrich at 9 and huntsman at 7. expectations were low in iowa for romney and he won, narrowly, and there are high expectations here and a loss could be very damaging. and second, rick santorum, everyone's watching. can he mount a grassroots campaign and come back? i would suggest to remember that image of john mccain, carrying his own luggage, he finished, of course, fourth here and came here and won...
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but governor romney didn't back down. he tried to portray the president as pulling america's world image down to a level of weakness. >> at home and abroad he has dick cheney as someone who shows great wisdom and judgment. taking us back to those strategies that got us into this mess are not the way we are going to maintain leadership in the 21st century. oo governor romney wrong and reckless policy? >> i have a policy for the future and agenda for the future. when it comes to our economy at home i know what it takes to create jobs and rising take home pay. what we have seen the four years and i don't want to see it the next four years. >> differences on foreign policy and policies at home there were a few moments when governor romney expressed agreement with the president including ruling out military action in syria continues to support sanctions against iran. supporting a timetable for withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan. governor romney committed the president on the killing of osama bin laden. the two men have s
but governor romney didn't back down. he tried to portray the president as pulling america's world image down to a level of weakness. >> at home and abroad he has dick cheney as someone who shows great wisdom and judgment. taking us back to those strategies that got us into this mess are not the way we are going to maintain leadership in the 21st century. oo governor romney wrong and reckless policy? >> i have a policy for the future and agenda for the future. when it comes to our...
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the romney problem? do you want romney for sure to be the nominee now and end the process now? and i think he needs to speak, as all of these candidates do, to the bigger issues, the turnout was so low in iowa relative to the passion that republicans feel about president obama, we're not hearing a lot of enthusiasm about new hampshire and i think that's because the three corner stool, what i call dominating the atmosphere of this election and the country in decline, children's futures will not have the american dream, and then vast three quarters of the american people who feel the government doesn't answer to them, that this is framing election and none of these republicans candidates have really spoken to that and for romney, it's critical. >> it's interesting, the election in iowa was a record turpout, but only by a couple thousand, thank you, sir. >> and 23% of the vote was independent, the highest ever e thank you. >> bret: a special edition of the fox allstars awaits us on the other side of the bre
the romney problem? do you want romney for sure to be the nominee now and end the process now? and i think he needs to speak, as all of these candidates do, to the bigger issues, the turnout was so low in iowa relative to the passion that republicans feel about president obama, we're not hearing a lot of enthusiasm about new hampshire and i think that's because the three corner stool, what i call dominating the atmosphere of this election and the country in decline, children's futures will not...
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the big winner obviously is santorum, mitt romney, romney a few weeks ago, nobody was predicting he would win iowa. granted, eight votes is eight votes but it's a win. rick santorum, you know, perseverance, hardwork paid off. >> yeah, it did. >> sean: what do you see going into new hampshire? >> first of all, for new hampshire, iowa doesn't mean much. new hampshire has a habit of not paying attention to iowa, which is why george w.h. bush wins in 1980 and reagan wins new hampshire. bush wins iowa in 2000 and john mccain wins new hampshire. it's why mike huckabee wins iowa in 2008 and you know, mccain wins new hampshire. it's just, it's -- new hampshire has got its own rhythm and pays attention not that much to what happens in iowa. except this year. that is if you take a look at it, there is some evidence in the two polls that have been conducted since tuesday primary, one is a one-night poll and one is a two-night poll that there is movement for santorum in the state of new hampshire. at the expense of jon huntsman who spent the entire year trying to pull a santorum in new hampshire. tha
the big winner obviously is santorum, mitt romney, romney a few weeks ago, nobody was predicting he would win iowa. granted, eight votes is eight votes but it's a win. rick santorum, you know, perseverance, hardwork paid off. >> yeah, it did. >> sean: what do you see going into new hampshire? >> first of all, for new hampshire, iowa doesn't mean much. new hampshire has a habit of not paying attention to iowa, which is why george w.h. bush wins in 1980 and reagan wins new...
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romney, thank you for joining us on the flight. i get outside and mr. romney? george scott romney, mitt romney's brother. the whole time. happens to love the show. big fan. big fan of dana, especially. >> dana: well, who isn't? >> andrea: did you say nice things about his brother's performance >> eric: i think i did. >> andrea: that would be bad if you said he didn't do well >> andrea: bob and i have the segment on america's newsroom for six years. this morning, it was outed last night i wasn't watching the debate. i was at a rush concert. but i watched the debate when i got home. i got an e-mail from surprisingly the lead singer of kansas. a big deal to me. john alafonte, all the way to the right. classic rock jungie. i have older siblings and grew up in a diner. give me a break. he wrote me an e-mail and he said a message for you. he said i saw your mini debate with beckel. "who is rush?" is he in the stone age? meaning you. if i had to guess i'd say you are in your young 30s, glad to hear you're in to classic rock. i sang with kansas. he said keep it up, "th
romney, thank you for joining us on the flight. i get outside and mr. romney? george scott romney, mitt romney's brother. the whole time. happens to love the show. big fan. big fan of dana, especially. >> dana: well, who isn't? >> andrea: did you say nice things about his brother's performance >> eric: i think i did. >> andrea: that would be bad if you said he didn't do well >> andrea: bob and i have the segment on america's newsroom for six years. this morning, it...
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so romney was right. but on medicaid, where romney said it wasn't wouldn't be a cut twould be inflation plus 1% and obama said it would be a 30% cut. there was an independent study by bloomberg. they say that romney's medicaid proposal, $1.26 trillion loss in medicaid over 10 years under the romney plan. so there were facts and some loose arguing of the facts am but an interesting debate. i am not sure a game changer, but a good night for romney, a little less so for the president. >> thank you. bret, at the beginning of the show, you were jealous of me because i was with the action and now you are with the action. >> yes. chris wallace has good analysis and he can pick good times. coming up, charles krauthammer on who came out on top. he joins us after this break. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so
so romney was right. but on medicaid, where romney said it wasn't wouldn't be a cut twould be inflation plus 1% and obama said it would be a 30% cut. there was an independent study by bloomberg. they say that romney's medicaid proposal, $1.26 trillion loss in medicaid over 10 years under the romney plan. so there were facts and some loose arguing of the facts am but an interesting debate. i am not sure a game changer, but a good night for romney, a little less so for the president. >>...
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: romney and romney saw what happened in south carolina and romney went to work. romney prepared for those debates. he went after newt gingrich in very aggressive way, in a way he knew he had to step up. >>> he took gingrich off his game. up to that point he had not gone negative. gingrich was singing kumbayah and it all caged. >> one thing, it was compressed schedule between new hampshire and south carolina. so the debates which were right at the bookend two of them, they had much greater impact on much smaller state. had you two debates in smaller period of time. >> i don't think it had the kind of potential to be a game changer in florida which is really five states when you think about it. >> sean: here is what happened, we keep hearing the romney campaign spent a lot in debate prep. they hired a debate coach. newt gingrich i think he did the interview to michael barone he said his prep for debate show up he has a great debate. >>. >> sean: i want somebody to clobber obama in the debate. >> at the end of the day. that would be great. but you want someone who c
: romney and romney saw what happened in south carolina and romney went to work. romney prepared for those debates. he went after newt gingrich in very aggressive way, in a way he knew he had to step up. >>> he took gingrich off his game. up to that point he had not gone negative. gingrich was singing kumbayah and it all caged. >> one thing, it was compressed schedule between new hampshire and south carolina. so the debates which were right at the bookend two of them, they had...
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they had new rules and it went to romney. that had to do with the way the delegates were awarded he claims a victory in virginia, where only ron paul was the other one who met the requirements to be on the ballot. out west, he takes idaho. a large mormon population, predicted to turn out for the candidate and where in 2008, interestingly, ron paul took 23% of the vote. >> gregg: rick santorum has won the state of oklahoma, 40 delegates there. but they're split up proportionally, as well as tennessee, 55 delegate, split up. but he won there handily, 37% to 28%. north dakota, rick santorum, 40%, ron paul 28%. quite a super tuesday. now stretching into super wednesday. even ohio, only 1%. we are waiting for alaska. >> but the problem for rick santorum is he may have only lost by 1 percent, he loses big time on the delegates because he didn't qualify for several congressional districts, 18 delegates, he wasn't even eligible for in ohio. >> jamie: we we will break it down. newt gingrich won his home state of georgia. he had said a
they had new rules and it went to romney. that had to do with the way the delegates were awarded he claims a victory in virginia, where only ron paul was the other one who met the requirements to be on the ballot. out west, he takes idaho. a large mormon population, predicted to turn out for the candidate and where in 2008, interestingly, ron paul took 23% of the vote. >> gregg: rick santorum has won the state of oklahoma, 40 delegates there. but they're split up proportionally, as well...
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so now we are down to santorum and romney. go on romney. >> yes. romney scares me because i don't believe he sees the fed as a problem. i think if we hit a global crisis i'm not convinced that mitt romney is the guy to bring us into a small government age and pare us down. with that being said, he understands the economy. he understands business. i hope he understands small business and not just big business. he is the guy who will wipe the floor with barack obama in a debate, i believe. >> bill: all right. what about this bain capital business. you stuck up for romney. you were one of the guys who stuck up for romney. >> there is nothing wrong. are we really in a country where we're going to start hammering capitalism? >> bill: yes, we are. that's where we are. that's what the election is about. go to western europe and do what they do or go back to capitalism. that's what this is about. >> just a second. wait a minute. wait a minute. bill, are you actually saying it's anti-capitalist, maybe socialist, maybe even communist that we are arguing with
so now we are down to santorum and romney. go on romney. >> yes. romney scares me because i don't believe he sees the fed as a problem. i think if we hit a global crisis i'm not convinced that mitt romney is the guy to bring us into a small government age and pare us down. with that being said, he understands the economy. he understands business. i hope he understands small business and not just big business. he is the guy who will wipe the floor with barack obama in a debate, i believe....
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mitt romney and a caricature of mitt romney. wants dirty air, dirty water and doesn't care about children with autism or down's synd scprom wants to throw granny over the cliff. romney rendered all of those millions of dollars wasted. there is a side by side and people saw for themselves, a very different person than a caricature that the democrats were painting of him. where does he go from here? how should he prepare for the next debates? >> i think romney has to continue to hammer at these points. he gave a foreign policy speech, this monday, i am afraid it's a little bit late. when we were seized in the libya story and the american embassies were under attack from tunisia to indonesia, that was the time that he should have given it. now, he will be giving it. i think it's a great negatism but tell take the focus off the economy, which is where romney was scoring so heavily. he has to come back to the economy. stay on these points. he has to be a little bit wary because obama's going to come into the second debate, with low e
mitt romney and a caricature of mitt romney. wants dirty air, dirty water and doesn't care about children with autism or down's synd scprom wants to throw granny over the cliff. romney rendered all of those millions of dollars wasted. there is a side by side and people saw for themselves, a very different person than a caricature that the democrats were painting of him. where does he go from here? how should he prepare for the next debates? >> i think romney has to continue to hammer at...
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they voted for romney. in iowa, conservatives voted for santorum because he's a religious conservative and a social conservative. >> douglas? >> yeah, i agree with margaret. the new hampshire conservative is a much more moderate variety than iowa. moreover, 44% of the overall vote in new hampshire were independents. so this electorate is a different electorate than the one we saw in iowa. more moderate overall. even if they had a different self-characterization and a much healthier percentage of independents who could vote in either primary and there was only one primary to vote in yesterday. >> and ron paul got a sizable amount of the vote yesterday because a lot of people in new hampshire like him saying stuff like this. >> i think the intellectual revolution that's going on now to restore liberty in this country is well on its way and there's no way they're going to stop the momentum that we have started. >> all right. now let's talk about the evangelical vote or the person who told the exit pollers, i c
they voted for romney. in iowa, conservatives voted for santorum because he's a religious conservative and a social conservative. >> douglas? >> yeah, i agree with margaret. the new hampshire conservative is a much more moderate variety than iowa. moreover, 44% of the overall vote in new hampshire were independents. so this electorate is a different electorate than the one we saw in iowa. more moderate overall. even if they had a different self-characterization and a much healthier...
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polls have romney and obama in deadlock. gallup has it 49-48 romney. real clear politics average of recent national polls has the president ahead by a little more than half a point. just ahead, karl rove and joe trippi break down the final electoral map and offer their prediction. the tug of war over ohio landed two men, not joe and carl, president obama and governor romney in shouting distance in the state capital. chief political correspondent begins our coverage from columbus. >> romney hit four states, tossup in the poll and the map to 270 electoral votes. >> we could begin better tomorrow, tomorrow and with the help of people in florida that will happen. >> first stop, florida, with shot at the president to shore up lead that dwindled. >> cared more about the liberal agenda than repairing the economy. did obamacare create new jobs? >> no! >> latinos are big in florida. and nationwide romney hoped to poll in 30s. he's been in 20s for months. first of two stops in virginia, lynchburg. >> get everyone we know out to vote tuesday. every voter get out.
polls have romney and obama in deadlock. gallup has it 49-48 romney. real clear politics average of recent national polls has the president ahead by a little more than half a point. just ahead, karl rove and joe trippi break down the final electoral map and offer their prediction. the tug of war over ohio landed two men, not joe and carl, president obama and governor romney in shouting distance in the state capital. chief political correspondent begins our coverage from columbus. >>...
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this time, rick santorum did call mitt romney. romney took the call. it has been described by santorum's eldest daughter as a cordial conservation but brief. it was literally seconds before santorum took the stage to make his remarks. he made it very clear that santorum is not backing down at all. super tuesday for him is an opportunity for him to rise again. mitt romney didn't mention any of his rivals tonight. there are only a few plays in the romney playbook. >> he has been incessantly disciplined disciplined in sticking with them. tonight was a victory, and he talked about barack obama, not his republican rivals. that's likely to continue, but where it is close and romney has to do well next week, don't expect any letup. mitt romney has made it very clear, he knows how to throw a punch and take a punch there. will be plenty between mitt romney and rick santorum in the days ahead. >> over at the touch screen tonight, bill, mitt romney did win a greater hair of the vote in michigan, interesting ruths in michigan and arizona. >> certainly is. to carl'
this time, rick santorum did call mitt romney. romney took the call. it has been described by santorum's eldest daughter as a cordial conservation but brief. it was literally seconds before santorum took the stage to make his remarks. he made it very clear that santorum is not backing down at all. super tuesday for him is an opportunity for him to rise again. mitt romney didn't mention any of his rivals tonight. there are only a few plays in the romney playbook. >> he has been incessantly...
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having said that, i guarantee you we will see some serious attacks from the romney campaign and the romney super pac, targeting rick santorum. i think that their they're going to try to make him look like a consummate d.c. insider, much the way they tried with newt gingrich. they will try to wear away the idea that he is in principled conservative who can take on barack obama, he being rick santorum. i think they will try to make him look like the inventer of earmarks. they are going on hang that around his neck and try to make him look like he himself is an earmark. [laughter] >> i remember when santorum was here a couple of months ago, he defended, to us, his role in earmarking. he said, i was a prodigious earmarker and i am not ashamed of it. he owns the earmarking argument and makes what i think is a reasonable case -- i don't like earmarks, but he goes on to make a reasonable case diswlaiz what matters more is entitlement reform in the big questions. but the earmark comments can be taken. they are not popular with the conservative base. he has already said he is not a fan of the liber
having said that, i guarantee you we will see some serious attacks from the romney campaign and the romney super pac, targeting rick santorum. i think that their they're going to try to make him look like a consummate d.c. insider, much the way they tried with newt gingrich. they will try to wear away the idea that he is in principled conservative who can take on barack obama, he being rick santorum. i think they will try to make him look like the inventer of earmarks. they are going on hang...
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perhaps romney. who sounds more like, you know, a guy on some sort of a, you know, small bore race, i think it's the president. and of course, there's the crowds which have been enormous for romney and surprising everybody, but one thing chris and i both learned a long time ago, covering these campaigns, in the final days, crowd size doesn't really tell you very much. george mcgovern, for example, on the way it a massive slaughter drew enormous crowds at the end of his race awalter mondale, lost 48 states. it tells you enthusiasm for who is for you, it doesn't tell you who the people are. >> megyn: one thing for romney, his pitch he could be a bipartisan president and work across the aisle and specifically saying about barack obama he's been divisive and not post partisan and the new york daily news not a right-leaning paper they endorsed romney for that very reason, saying he would be more of a bipartisan leader. effective? >> oh, i think it's an effective tool, particularly to independents and part
perhaps romney. who sounds more like, you know, a guy on some sort of a, you know, small bore race, i think it's the president. and of course, there's the crowds which have been enormous for romney and surprising everybody, but one thing chris and i both learned a long time ago, covering these campaigns, in the final days, crowd size doesn't really tell you very much. george mcgovern, for example, on the way it a massive slaughter drew enormous crowds at the end of his race awalter mondale,...
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romney first called. first hurdle you have to get over sean has to like you. in the second round. >> and that happens right away. after that question. >> no. i think people are interested in this. generally look everybody who is vetted submitted massive amounts of information and went through follow-up questions and interviews and a rigorous process and it is very well done and professional and my cap is off to them for running a great process. i know a lot of the others considered were called late last night and told it was not going to be them. is that the same for you? well, you know, i served as national co-chair of the mitt romney campaign . he called me. i think it was monday and indicated the direction he was head i certainlyy appreciate that and there was an indication about the process and not about his thinking and decision . he call would me monday evening. >> that is disappointing. i interviewed you twice last week and i tried to pull teeth and you didn't give in at all. >> you have to go back
romney first called. first hurdle you have to get over sean has to like you. in the second round. >> and that happens right away. after that question. >> no. i think people are interested in this. generally look everybody who is vetted submitted massive amounts of information and went through follow-up questions and interviews and a rigorous process and it is very well done and professional and my cap is off to them for running a great process. i know a lot of the others considered...
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well, first romney says yeah. massachusetts is about 85% democrats so he couldn't get all he wanted but that is going to be a problem for him. appealing to republicans and tough for him in primaries because massachusetts clearly one of the liberal states in the country. and mitt romney's record there is that newt gingrich might say as a moderate. i think that will work better for him in general election. >> greta: speaker gingrich said people power will defeat money power, that might be optimistic. we've seen the power of money in politics. >> i think that with newt gingrich we need to come back in a week or two and see how things look then. tonight he's vowing to go on. he doesn't have a lot of chances to make much impact until super tuesday, march 6th nl. what is he going to do six weeks? is he going to compete in contests between now and then? not clear what he's going to do with his major financial backer continues to back him? right now he's saying he's going to go on. >> greta: i want to note the ambient noi
well, first romney says yeah. massachusetts is about 85% democrats so he couldn't get all he wanted but that is going to be a problem for him. appealing to republicans and tough for him in primaries because massachusetts clearly one of the liberal states in the country. and mitt romney's record there is that newt gingrich might say as a moderate. i think that will work better for him in general election. >> greta: speaker gingrich said people power will defeat money power, that might be...
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romney was choked up. it was a different kind of cadense for mitt romney and the way he answered it. he was not stilted or word about the worries. he just answered the question. he showed sincerity that he hasn't shown and that is the big rap on him and look at the way he answered both in terms of the substance and i want to help your son and people like him. and the way he answered the question was natural and it showed a side of mitt romney who critized him for being inauthentic. and he was genuine to me. the panelist all noted that, too. >> it was compelling. even mitt romney's critics agree that he is accomplished and he is capable. but he doesn't connect. he is a great debater and didn't used to do be. he's not good talking to voters. he gets nervous and not confident and he was right. it was as if he was talking to his wife and alone . it was smooth and he never was halting. he locked eyes on this father and even later, he had another question from the same small business owner and man who choked up
romney was choked up. it was a different kind of cadense for mitt romney and the way he answered it. he was not stilted or word about the worries. he just answered the question. he showed sincerity that he hasn't shown and that is the big rap on him and look at the way he answered both in terms of the substance and i want to help your son and people like him. and the way he answered the question was natural and it showed a side of mitt romney who critized him for being inauthentic. and he was...
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romney into a fight and romney didn't take the bait. >> the fight didn't work well for romney when they did it a few weeks ago at hofstra. you want to be respectful to the president and the president had to defend a record that's kind of mediocre, and at the end of the day he was not particularly forthcoming. he was talking about he had nothing to do with the sequester which obviously his own omb director was the architect of it.quickly had to go out and take that back. and his little snarly remark about not knowing the difference between a bayonet and a submarine. he clearly didn't know that four years ago. the end of the day he didn't come off as well as he should have as commander in chief. >> the current commander in chief let mr. romney try to have it and tried to portray him as some sort of a cartoon. here he is alongside mr. romney, who reminded the president that attack me is not an agenda, mr. president. >> what we need to do with respect to the middle east is strong, steady leadership, not wrong and reckless leadership that is all over the map. >> attack me is not an agenda. a
romney into a fight and romney didn't take the bait. >> the fight didn't work well for romney when they did it a few weeks ago at hofstra. you want to be respectful to the president and the president had to defend a record that's kind of mediocre, and at the end of the day he was not particularly forthcoming. he was talking about he had nothing to do with the sequester which obviously his own omb director was the architect of it.quickly had to go out and take that back. and his little...
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what's wrong with the romney campaign. >> there's a lot right with the romney campaign, but a couple things wrong. one is that the candidate himself failed in south carolina, especially, to spahn vigorously to challenges, the challenge to his role at bain capital mounted by gingrich and a lot of people thought that was an unprincipled attack. if he turned around arn needed to and still needs to he might have been able to do something like what newt gingrich did when he was challenged a couple of times in the debate. he turned those things around, you know, forcefully and made them work for him. and mitt romney need today do that and he failed to do it and that's point number one. and point number two, if you look back in iowa and what happened to newt gingrich in iowa and the courtesy of the romney team was, he was number one in the national polls, remember, and got cut down on the sharp attack in television ads. remember how he complained earlier about them. by the time new hampshire was over with, finished first, fourth and then fifth in new hampshire and the romney campaign felt t
what's wrong with the romney campaign. >> there's a lot right with the romney campaign, but a couple things wrong. one is that the candidate himself failed in south carolina, especially, to spahn vigorously to challenges, the challenge to his role at bain capital mounted by gingrich and a lot of people thought that was an unprincipled attack. if he turned around arn needed to and still needs to he might have been able to do something like what newt gingrich did when he was challenged a...
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will the gingrich tax on romney have an effect? romney has had a charmed life here. romney has a little bit of incidental fire, but not much compared to gingrich or some of the others. what happens on the debate saturday night? does romney pull out more endorsems? apparently senator mccain will endorse him and stomp on whatever rick santorum gets. but the story of the week is, what -- can rick santorum make the most of this moment in a way that perry, bachmann and gingrich couldn't make the most of their moments over the last few months. >> stand by, we are checking in with carl cam -- carl cameron. any reaction to the late-breaking news? >> reporter: not exactly. they have been striking the room for the better part of the last hour. it's over. we learned that the polling in iowa was fairly accurate. [no audio]. >> sorry, carl. >> reporter: sorry, i have a lot of noise in my ear. and i can't hear you. >> the polling in iowa was fairly accurate. what is the romney game plan? i don't think he expected to be a run-away winner in the state of iowa. he has a lot of eggs i
will the gingrich tax on romney have an effect? romney has had a charmed life here. romney has a little bit of incidental fire, but not much compared to gingrich or some of the others. what happens on the debate saturday night? does romney pull out more endorsems? apparently senator mccain will endorse him and stomp on whatever rick santorum gets. but the story of the week is, what -- can rick santorum make the most of this moment in a way that perry, bachmann and gingrich couldn't make the...
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rick santorum did call mitt romney. romney took the call. it's been described by santorum's eldest daughterrer as a cordial conversation but brief. it happens minutes before he took to the stage to make his remarks. he made it clear that although it didn't go his way, he's not backing down and super tuesday is an opportunity for him to rise again. mitt romney didn't mention any of thinks republican rivals tonight. there are only a few plays in the romney playbook, and he has been disciplined in sticking with them. tonight was a victory and he talk about barack obama, not about his republican rivals. that's likely to continue but in ohio and the states where it's close and romney has to do well next week, don't expect any let-up. mitt romney has made it clear he knows how to throw a punch and he knows how to take a punch. there will be plenty of those exchanged between mitt romney and rick santorum in the days ahead. >> thank you. >> bill is at the touch screen tonight. bill, mitt romney did win a greater share of the vote in michigan. some i
rick santorum did call mitt romney. romney took the call. it's been described by santorum's eldest daughterrer as a cordial conversation but brief. it happens minutes before he took to the stage to make his remarks. he made it clear that although it didn't go his way, he's not backing down and super tuesday is an opportunity for him to rise again. mitt romney didn't mention any of thinks republican rivals tonight. there are only a few plays in the romney playbook, and he has been disciplined in...
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>> yes. >> romney? >> no. >> romney looked way more presidential. >> obama looked like he wanted to have a serious debate. he wasn't interrupting jim lehrer. >> my favorite actually, too. but i took a second look. >> we had the same one. this is what i liked because i like people that are very organized and know what they're talk being and make -- romney loves a list and he had five things. he had it in memory. >> my plan has five basic parts. one, get us ingee independent, north america energy independent. that creates 4 million jobs. two, open up more trade, particularly in latin america. crack down on china if and when they cheat. number three, make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed. and the best schools in the world. we're far away from that now. number 4, get to us a balanced budget. number 5, champion small business. it's small business that creates the jobs in america. and over the last four years, small business people have decided that america may not be the place to open a n
>> yes. >> romney? >> no. >> romney looked way more presidential. >> obama looked like he wanted to have a serious debate. he wasn't interrupting jim lehrer. >> my favorite actually, too. but i took a second look. >> we had the same one. this is what i liked because i like people that are very organized and know what they're talk being and make -- romney loves a list and he had five things. he had it in memory. >> my plan has five basic parts....